Since 2017, the design team, in collaboration with educators and administrators, have implemented a proactive, Avant-guard architectural approach to expand and transform this leading international school to the cutting edge of learning environment.  Unlike most design that seeks centralization and integration, “Montage of Learning Communities” is a de-centralization and fragmenting approach that treats each small learning community within the school as an “image” independent and distinctive from one another and creates a refreshing montage of spaces within the existing architectural framework, thus superseding the over-unified, rigid “institution building” with a versatile, dynamic “education architecture”.

The expanded building serpentines along the east and south edge of the existing building, enclosing versatile spaces within a warm and soft building envelope, counterbalancing the solemn appearance of the original building, inclusive of ages, times and cultures through transition from old to new.

The vertical sunshades are composed of natural wood veneer resin panels and Trespa panels to block out excessive sunlight and reduce energy consumption. The sunshades of the art classrooms of ES Arts Center are mixed in colors, like liquid yellow paint dripping on the wood facade by a mischievous young child.